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Radio Dublino and ENIT Joined Forces

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ENIT Radio DublinoRadio Dublino and ENIT (Ente Nazionale Turismo Italiano – Italian State Tourist Board) joined forces for the 2nd edition of the Italian Fusion Festival.

Flavio Zappacosta, Head of ENIT London, commented on this partnership: “For ENIT, the Italian State Tourist Board, it is an honour and a duty to support the Italian Fusion Festival. The Italian folklore continuously merges with the Irish one and together with the organizers we want to become spokespersons of a vibrant, young Italy, a rich land that has given birth to artists appreciated all over the world. ”

Maurizio Pittau, founder of Radio Dublino and Director of the Italian Fusion Festival, added: “Radio Dublin is thrilled to have the opportunity to collaborate with ENIT. Our organisations have more than one point in common since both are committed to making the Irish public aware of the complexity and diversity of Italian culture and to ensure that it is merged with the Irish one to create new and unexpected results.”

ENIT is the National Tourism Agency responsible for the overseas promotion of tourism in Italy and the name sponsor of Italian Fusion Festival 2018.

The Italian Fusion Festival is back! Launch of the Italian Fusion Festival 2018 next week.

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The Italian Fusion  Festival is back! Full programme is now online.

Radio Dublino is celebrating its 200th episode with the launch of the next Italian Fusion Festival!

Radio Dublino 200th Episode Celebration | Italian Fusion Festival Launch

Sunday 15 April 2018 | 6PM | r.i.o.t,  Aston Quay, Dublin

A limited number of early bird tickets (5 euro with no fees) for our Italian Fusion Festival in July will also be available on the night.

During the evening Andrea Facco and Eliana Valentini will entertain us with their fantastic music.

Andrea Facco is singer-songwriter from Genoa, Italy. At the age of nine, he began to cultivate his passion for music by taking the first guitar lessons with Giorgio Falco. Search artistically grows with the teachings of Katzumi Nagaoka, Armando Corsi and Gianni Martini. Thanks to which thirteen years he began to compose his own songs (music and lyrics). Parallel to the guitar he engages in the self-taught study of ethnic and ancient instruments. Among them: the Oud, the Lute and the Bouzouki, which became his favorite instrument.

Eliana has been experiencing italian traditional dances and music since 15 years. Several journeys to the South of Italy reawakened a particular interest about the musical rhythm connected to the ritual of Tarantism. She has learned “Pizzica Pizzica”, Tammurriata and other Tarantellas dancing with some of the most representative musicians and dancers of this sector. Eliana plays two traditional Italian tambourines (tamburello salentino and tammorra napoletana).

Doors open at 6 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m.

The Radio Dublino 200 episode fest and the launch of the Festival event is free but the space is limited and you need to book your tickets.

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/161501441162724/

Eventbrite Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/radio-dublino-200th-episode-celebration-italian-fusion-festival-launch-tickets-44592205487

italian fusion festival Crew

Grazie and Arrivederci

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​I wish to thank the audience for coming to the first edition of the Italian Fusion Festival! This first edition edition was very successful and was sold out.

For those who missed the event and would like to see it next year, following the great interested of this edition we are glad to announce that the festival will also come back in 2018!

We would like to thank the online ticket holders for filling the survey. All feedback will be taken into consideration to improve the event next year. Those who participated and would like to send their feedback, can also do so by e-mailing ​info@italianfusionfestival.com

For the next edition we are planning to book a bigger venue to accommodate a bigger audience, have more food stalls with italian food and drinks and workshops/ art exhibitions related to Italy.

​If you are an Italian musician/filmmaker/artist based in Ireland ​and you would like to partecipate to the next edition of the Italian fusion festival please contact us.

If you are business and are you interested in one of our sponsorship packages get in touch and we will be happy to assist you.

If you wish to stay in touch and know when the early bird tickets are available, you can subscribe to the Radio Dublino newsletter where we’ll announce the next year’s festival edition or follow our facebook page.

We also wish to thank everyone who collaborated with us:

  • The six music bands Miss Phoenix and the Jaffa Cakes, SteamFolks, Infinitwirl, The HQs, The Ballad of Adam and Eve, Mongrel State
  • Pit Stop Krew Vespa Club Dublin
  • Journalists and websites that promoted our initiative
  • The sponsors Sacla, The 100 Club, Chilly Monkeys Card, SenzaMeta
  • The food stalls PastaBox and Sweet Sicily
  • The filmmakers who gave permission to show their videos
  • The Italian Institute of Culture of Dublin for promoting the event
  • The Grand Social staff and sound engineers

Last but not least,​ I huge thank you to​ the Radio Dublino volunteers for making this edition possible. This event was entirely organised with the efforts of committed volunteers who regularly volunteer the Radio Dublino community project​.

We look forward to seeing you next year​.​

Ciao
Maurizio Pittau
Festival Director

maurizio@radiodublino.com

Press Reviews

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Special thanks to all magazines, portal, blogs that are mentioning our Festival. It’s our first edition and we are glad to receive your mention and appreciation.